Life is Strange

Life is Strange makes players prove they noticed earlier clues to win a conversation. In episode two's rooftop scene, Kate says nobody cares about her and the player chooses who will miss her. Her room holds a harsh email from her mum, a kind postcard from her dad and a photo of two sisters, so naming her father or sisters works while naming her mum or a brother fails.

Pick a brother and Kate snaps back: "You don't know me at all, Max! I told you I only have sisters." Mark Brown argues that this turns talking into real gameplay instead of a stat check, because "the gameplay mirrors this by asking whether we, as players, have paid attention to one of the characters." He also notes that some of the scene's options, like "things will get better" or "you matter, not just to me", are hard to judge, and he argues that reading people yourself is more fun than having the game show you what works.